Improvement in buckle-tongue covers for harness



I M. R. DOWLIN. Buckle-Tongue for Harness.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE MARSHALL R. DOWLIN, OF NORTH ADAMS,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLE-TONGUE COVERS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,469, dated October29, 1878 application filed August 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL R. DOWLIN, of North Adams, Berkshirecounty, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inCovering Buckle-Tongues, of which the following is a specification:

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents my buckle-ton gue guard, made of one piece of leather,provided with two loops, aa,.on the same side, and connected by anintermediate strip, a. B is a crupper, hip, or side strap, having theordinary keeper G and the buckle b. The free end of strap is passedthrough one of the loops at, then through the buckle, then through theother loop, and finally through the ordinary keeper 0. By thus combiningthe guard, the buckle, and the strap the buckle-tongue comes between theloops, while it is covered by the strip a, and

the loop-guard is retained securely in place,

and forms an efi'ectual protector against the catching of the horsestail-hair.

Having thus describedall that is necessary to a full understanding ofthe invention, what v I claim as new is- In combination with a crupper,side, or hip strap and its attaching-buckle, a buckle-guard consistingof the loops and intermediate strip, all in one piece and with bothloops on the same side, the said guard being applied to the strap as andfor the purpose specified.

' MARSHALL RICHARDSON D'OWLIN.

. Witnesses:

WALLACE E. BROWN, LYMAN M. FLAGG.

